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  Nameless Detective: Book 36

  Camouflage

  by Bill Pronzini

  Nameless may not like David Virden, but the case is simple enough: find his ex-wife—and they know where she is.  Deliver some papers to her and it’s all done.  But  she refuses the papers, sends a message to Virden to never contact her again, and slams the door.  His colleague, Tamara, tells Nameless that Virden threatens to sue, stops payment on his checks, and claims that the woman they located isn’t his... (more)
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  Schemers: A Nameless Detective Novel ("Nameless" Detective Novels)

  by Bill Pronzini

  A new Nameless Detective story from the 2008 Mystery Writers of America Grand Master... A locked room mystery that goes from stolen books to stolen lives and the hunt for a phantom stalker with a penchant for pouring acid to make his point give Nameless and his partner Jake more than enough work to earn their fees—as long as neither turns his back at the wrong moment. Nameless wasn’t supposed to come into the... (more)
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  Nameless Detective: Book 35

  Betrayers

  by Bill Pronzini

  We’re told that there are seven deadly sins; not on the list is the deadliest of them all: Betrayal. For each of the detectives at the agency, a betrayal becomes not only the driving force behind an investigation, but the source of the kind of resolve that cannot be derailed by threats. Tamara’s case began as something personal but explodes as her investigation of her former lover leads to a scam that bilks... (more)
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  Hellbox (Nameless Detective Novels)

  by Bill Pronzini

  Bill, the "Nameless Detective," and his wife Kerry were in the Sierra foothills, just outside of Six Pines, falling in love with a cabin. It was all perfect, until Kerry went missing. They’d seen Balfour at breakfast at the diner and Kerry remembered his name…PR people are like that. Which was unfortunate, because when she ran into him along the trail on that sunny afternoon and called him by name, he... (more)
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  STACKED DECK. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue 2.

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  How the Dead Live

  by Derek Raymond

  "A sulphurous mixture of ferocious violence and high-fl own philosophy."- Prospect The third novel in the acclaimed Factory crime series sees Derek Raymond's nameless detective leave London for a remote village, where he's meant to be investigating the disappearance of a local doctor's wife. A fitting successor to classic noir writers such as Jim Thompson and David Goodis, with an introduction by Will Self.... (more)
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  I Was Dora Suarez (The Factory series)

  by Derek Raymond

  “Everything about I Was Dora Suarez shrieks of the joy and pain of going too far.”— The New York Times "For those who want some truly dark noir that will make most wince, you won't find a much darker ride through the human condition than this one." — Bookgasm.com An ax-wielding psychopath cares young Dora Suarez into pieces. On the same night in London, a firearm blows the top off the head of Felix... (more)
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  Nameless Detective: Book 2

  The Vanished

  by Bill Pronzini

  His name was Roy Sands, and he had everything to look forward to. He was getting out of the service and coming home to marry his beautiful Fiancee. He had his debts paid, money in the bank, and a happy new life ahead of him. Then he disappeared.
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  Nameless Detective: Book 1

  The Snatch

  by Bill Pronzini

  In his first chronicled adventure,the NAMELESS DETECTIVE hires on to handle the ransom payoff in a kidnapping case. Financier Louis Martinetti doesn't trust the police to deal with the man who snatched his 9-year-old son from his military prep school, nor is it clear that he trusts the members of his own household. On the apointed evening, NAMELESS takes a briefcase that contains $300,000 in cash to a secluded... (more)
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  Nameless Detective: Book 8

  Scattershot

  by Bill Pronzini

  Business is booming for Nameless; he's started in on three new cases in one week. But every single one of them turns bad some way. In the first, a husband disappears from a car that Nameless has been following. In the second, a woman is mysteriously murdered while Nameless stands outside her bungalow. In the third, a valuable ring disappears from a locked room that Nameless has been guarding. The papers are full... (more)
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  Nameless Detective: Book 14

  Bones

  by Bill Pronzini

  An old grave opens a new case of murder. Recent murders are difficult but not unsolvable. This time Nameless is called upon to solve a murder that happened four decades ago. Called to do the impossible, he takes the case merely because the victim was a pulp writer. Nameless of course is a pulp fan. We follow Nameless in his quest of trying to quell the questions of a neurotic son determined to find out how his... (more)
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  Nameless Detective: Book 7

  Hoodwink

  by Bill Pronzini

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  He Died With His Eyes Open

  by Derek Raymond

  A noir-drenched British import about a nameless cop chasing the killer of an unmourned victim.With a flat wallet and shabby clothes, it's clear that the corpse is a throwaway. Nobody cares except for a nameless detective sergeant in the London Metropolitan Police's Department of Unexplained Deaths, a place where lost souls sometimes get justice. The victim has two posthumous pieces of luck: The nameless cop is... (more)